Custom Website Studio

Built sharp.
Tailored for
Everyone

CloseCraft builds custom websites for businesses, creators, and brands — polished, fast, and designed to actually do something.

78%
of visitors leave without contacting a business
more enquiries from a conversion-focused site
15min
free call — find out what's holding your business back
About CloseCraft

Most sites look fine.
They just don't
do anything.

Whether you're a tradie, a DJ, a fashion brand, or a community publication — your site is either working for you or costing you. There's no middle ground. Visitors show up, form an impression in seconds, and leave or stay based on what they find.

CloseCraft builds sites that hold attention. Clean, fast, built around what your audience actually needs — not what looks impressive in a pitch deck.

"A polished site isn't a luxury. It's the difference between looking credible and getting ignored."

Slow or generic design
53% of visitors leave if a page takes more than 3 seconds. Generic templates don't convert — people can tell immediately.
Not built for mobile
Most people will see your site on a phone first. If it's clunky on mobile, they're gone before they read a word.
No clear next step
If your site doesn't make it obvious what to do next — book, call, buy, subscribe — you're losing people who would have converted.
0%
of visitors leave without contacting a business they found online
more enquiries from a website built to convert, not just look good
~0 weeks
average time from first call to your new site being live
$0/mo
monthly hosting — managed, backed up, and kept fast. Or host it yourself, no lock-in
How It Works

Simple. Fast. Done.

From first call to live website — usually within two weeks.

Free 15-Minute Call

No jargon, no pressure. We chat about what you need, take a look at what you've got, and give you straight feedback. You'll know exactly what you're getting before spending a cent.

We Build Your Site

You tell us what you need, we handle everything — design, copy, mobile layout, fast hosting. One clean site built to bring in enquiries. You focus on running your business, we handle the web.

Go Live & Get Enquiries

Your site goes live on your own domain. You own it. Enquiries start coming in. Need a tweak down the track? We make it easy without the drama.

Services

Scoped to fit.
Priced fairly.

Every build is quoted by scope — no cookie-cutter packages. The ranges below give you a starting point. Premium, international, or complex builds are quoted individually.

Starter Site
Polished Presence

A clean 1–3 page site that looks sharp, loads fast, and makes it easy for people to contact you. Good for service businesses, creatives, and anyone who needs a solid digital home base.

$750
AUD, from — quoted by scope
  • Free scoping call included
  • Custom design, not a template
  • Mobile-first & fast-loading
  • Contact form, click-to-call, map
  • SEO basics & meta set up
  • You own it — no lock-in
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Signature Build · Most Common
Full Custom Site

A complete, multi-page custom website with stronger brand direction, editorial photography integration, polished copy, and full SEO/meta setup. For brands that want to make an impression.

$1,500
AUD, from — quoted by scope
  • Everything in Starter
  • Multi-page, project-specific design
  • Copywriting & brand direction
  • Two full rounds of revisions
  • Full SEO & social meta polish
  • Premium brand & international builds welcome
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Custom Site + Admin Dashboard
Editable CMS Build

A full custom site where your client can update content themselves — no developer needed. Upload PDFs, edit text, swap images, manage events, update rates. Built for publications, community orgs, and any business that changes frequently.

Quoted
by scope — contact for details
  • Everything in Signature
  • Simple admin dashboard built in
  • Upload PDFs, images, events
  • Edit content without touching code
  • Full handover & walkthrough
  • See PCTimes as a live example
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Updates & Refinement
Refinement & Changes

Need something changed after launch? New page, updated pricing, fixed bug, extra section — fast turnaround, no drama. Pay per update, no retainer.

$150
AUD, per update — from
  • Text, images, layout changes
  • Add pages or sections
  • Fix anything broken
  • Fast turnaround
  • No retainer, no lock-in
  • Simple invoice per job
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Selected Work

Five projects.
Five different briefs.

Trades, fashion, music, journalism, community publishing — each one built to fit the brief, not a template.

leahdcruz.com
Leah D. Cruz — Journalist Portfolio
Journalist Portfolio
Leah D. Cruz
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Portfolio Editorial Design Brand Identity
blastedpm.netlify.app
Blasted Property Maintenance
Property Maintenance
Blasted Property Maintenance
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Service Business Conversion-First Mobile-First
soundbytestudios.org
Soundbyte Studios — Melbourne DJ
DJ & Music Studio
Soundbyte Studios
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Music Studio Dark Luxury Event Booking
merlottaylory.netlify.app
MRLT — Luxury Italian Tie Collection
Luxury Fashion · Italian Ties
MRLT — Alessandro
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Luxury Fashion Editorial Bilingual
pctimes.netlify.app
Pohutukawa Coast Times — Community Newspaper
Community Newspaper · CMS
Pohutukawa Coast Times
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Community Newspaper CMS Dashboard Publication
Admin Dashboards

Some clients need to
update content themselves.

Not every site should need a developer for every small change. For clients who publish frequently — newspapers, event businesses, studios — we build a simple admin panel into the site so they can manage their own content without touching code.

Upload a new issue. Update the event list. Change rates. Swap a photo. Done.

Live example: Pohutukawa Coast Times — a local paper where the editor uploads new PDFs and updates content without touching a line of code.
Admin Dashboard — Content Manager
Upload new issue (PDF)
↑ Upload
Edit "In This Issue" text
✎ Edit
Change hero image
↑ Upload
Update events / calendar
+ Add
Add a new page or section
+ Create
Why CloseCraft

What every project
gets right.

5
live projects across five different industries
Trades, fashion, music, journalism, publishing — no two builds are the same.
Custom, not templated
Every project is built from scratch to fit the brief — not dropped into a Squarespace layout and called a day.
Live in ~2 weeks
Fast builds, not rushed work. Most projects go live within two weeks of the brief.
Mobile-first always
Every build is tested on mobile first. Not an afterthought — the starting point.
You own it outright
One-off build. The site is yours. No retainer, no subscription, no hostage situation.
Straight advice, always
If something won't actually move the needle, I'll say so. No upselling features you don't need, no padding the invoice with buzzwords.
CMS when you need it
For clients who need to update content regularly, a simple admin dashboard can be built right into the site.
The Story

Why CloseCraft exists

CloseCraft started from a straightforward observation: a lot of good businesses had terrible websites. Not because they didn't care, but because building a proper site felt expensive, complicated, or like something they'd get to eventually.

The brief has expanded since then. Today CloseCraft builds sites for property maintenance companies, luxury fashion brands, local newspapers, DJ studios, and journalists — whatever the project, the approach stays the same.

Understand the brief properly. Build something that fits. Make it fast, polished, and theirs. No jargon, no lock-in, no padding the scope.

— Corbyn Miller
CM
Corbyn Miller
Founder, CloseCraft · Melbourne, Australia

After studying Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Corbyn built CloseCraft to offer something direct: premium custom websites without the agency overhead or the ongoing retainer. Projects have ranged from local trades to luxury fashion brands to community newspapers with editable admin dashboards.

5
Projects live
Global
Clients welcome
~2 weeks
Avg. launch

Got a project?
Let's talk about it.

Tell me what you're building — a new site from scratch, a redesign, or a build with a client-editable dashboard. Free 15-minute call, straight feedback, no pressure.

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15 minutes. No pressure. Just honest advice.